naaapseattle Chapter 681 - 116: Holy Artifact, Spear Soul!
Chapter 681 - 116: Holy Artifact, Spear Soul!
In the Artifact Refining Room, Mu Qingge’s expression was solemn, her eyes intently fixed on the Linglong Spear wrapped in the Taichu Urgent Fire.
At this moment, it could no longer be called the Linglong Spear.
Because it had already transformed into a mass of metal liquid, requiring re-shaping, re-forging, and polishing!
"Little Ge’er, this is your weapon, it will accompany you in your battles in the future, so take this opportunity to infuse your Power of thunder and lightning, Space Power, and Fire Spirit Power into it, making it more proficient. Also, the fact that you can perform Alchemy and Artifact Refining indicates you have hidden Wood Spirit Root and Metal Spirit Root within you. During the Artifact Refining process, you can try to bring them out," Si Mo’s voice suddenly rang out.
’Using Power of thunder and lightning, Space Power, and Fire Spirit Power for Artifact Refining? And also Wood Spirit Root, Metal Spirit Root?’ Mu Qingge felt a bit surprised in her heart, but she did not get distracted.
She believed Si Mo would not deceive her, so she slowly closed her eyes again and carefully searched.
"You are already capable of Artifact Refining and Alchemy, indicating that your Wood Spirit Root and Metal Spirit Root are already activated, only hidden. You never thought in this direction, so you were unaware," Si Mo continued.
Mu Qingge’s subconscious guided her into an unknown space.
She didn’t know where it was, but she was certain this was a part of her body.
Amidst a sea of stars, she saw a stream of electricity passing by. Following it, she saw a continuously rotating thunderball, brimming with the Power of thunder and lightning.
’This is my Thunder Ability!’ Mu Qingge realized in her heart.
Next to the thunderball, she saw a white ball filled with Space Power familiar to her.
A little farther from the white ball, a colorful little fireball was also continuously spinning.
’Is this the Fire Spirit Root that emerged in my body after this incident?’ Mu Qingge walked to the fireball and looked at the colorful flames, which seemed to blend various fire energies.
"Yuanyuan..." Mu Qingge murmured softly.
Seeing this fireball, she seemed to recall the scene where Yuanyuan threw himself to save her.
Gathering the emotions in her heart, Mu Qingge left the fireball and continued her search.
Si Mo had said she still had Wood Spirit Root and Metal Spirit Root, so there should be two more small balls!
Mu Qingge carefully searched around and finally discovered two small balls spinning around each other in a remote corner.
One was green, the other golden.
These two small balls emitted pure wood and metal spirit auras.
’Found them!’ Mu Qingge was delighted in her heart.
After finding the Wood Spirit Root and Metal Spirit Root, Mu Qingge immediately pulled out. She opened her eyes, her gaze filled with joy as she looked at Si Mo.
"Found them?" Si Mo smiled and asked.
Mu Qingge nodded.
Si Mo said, "During the refining process, infuse the power of your Spirit Roots into it and refine them together. In this way, you will be able to wield your Spirit Root Power through the Linglong Spear in the future, and the Linglong Spear itself will possess these Spirit Root Attributes, able to autonomously upgrade to become a Supreme Artifact."
"Okay!" Mu Qingge instantly felt confident.
She extended her hand, her five fingers aimed at the Taichu Urgent Fire, with different beams of light shooting out from her fingers one by one.
Blue!
White!
Red!
Green!
Gold!
Five colors surged into the Taichu Urgent Fire, entwining with the liquid formed from the Linglong Spear, fusing continuously.
The refining process was very lengthy. The longer it was refined, the better the weapon’s material quality proved to be.
Mu Qingge used her Spiritual Power as nourishment for the crafting, having to take Elixirs from time to time to replenish her Spiritual Power. A whole day passed, and the Taichu Urgent Fire melted some other materials in the Artifact Refining Room.
Mu Qingge finally withdrew the output of her Spirit Root Power.
With a pale face, she swallowed a handful of Elixirs and looked at Si Mo, saying, "Help me cut off a small piece of Star Sand Xuanwu Gold." With her current cultivation, she truly couldn’t cut it!
Si Mo nodded, not finding anything amiss in being asked for help. A light spurted from his fingertips, sweeping across the Star Sand Xuanwu Gold, and a thumb-sized piece fell off.
"This is enough," Si Mo said to Mu Qingge.
Mu Qingge nodded and tossed the cut piece of Star Sand Xuanwu Gold into the Taichu Urgent Fire.
The Taichu Urgent Fire, the most extreme temperature Abnormal Fire, could even melt the extremely tough Star Sand Xuanwu Gold.
Mu Qingge consumed another handful of Elixirs to sustain the Taichu Urgent Fire, refining the Star Sand Xuanwu Gold until it slowly blended with the previously melted liquid of the Linglong Spear.
This process lasted another day and night.
Finally, the refined mixture turned crystal-clear, glowing with a faint rainbow sheen.
Mu Qingge exhaled a turbid breath and looked at Si Mo. "Next is shaping."
Si Mo nodded, looking somewhat pained at Mu Qingge’s pale complexion.
Unfortunately, the task of Artifact Refining could not be undertaken by others. Otherwise, how could he bear to see his Little Ge’er endure such hardship?
The image of the Linglong Spear emerged in Mu Qingge’s mind.
The Linglong Spear had accompanied her for many years; she remembered every structure and detail clearly.
Slowly, with Spiritual Sense, she traced the shape of the Linglong Spear from the transparent liquid mass. She meticulously depicted it, unwilling to miss a single detail, taking a whole night to complete the shaping of the Linglong Spear.
Looking at the Linglong Spear enveloped in flames, Mu Qingge felt as if a lifetime had passed.
"Little Ge’er, the next step is the Artifact Soul," Si Mo reminded her.
Mu Qingge looked at him and nodded solemnly.
She closed her eyes, saying in her heart: ’Yuanyuan, from now on, you will be the Artifact Soul of the Linglong Spear. No matter how many years it takes, I will nurture you, let you awaken, become the Artifact Spirit, and return to my side.’
She found that trace of Yuanyuan’s Divine Sense in her consciousness sea and carefully protected it, guiding it outside of her body.
That trace of Divine Sense, like a gold thread, emitted a faint golden light.
The Divine Sense slowly approached the Taichu Urgent Fire.
This extremely scorching flame did not make him retreat; instead, it made him feel somewhat familiar, directly jumping into the fire, heading towards the Linglong Spear.
When that trace of Divine Sense entered the Linglong Spear, the Linglong Spear suddenly emitted a golden light which disappeared instantly.
...
Mu Qingge had been in the Artifact Refining Room for five days and nights. During this time, every day King Sang Shun would come and stand outside the Artifact Refining Room.
On this particular day, he came here again, but a sudden gale arose.
Fusha City was naturally windy and sandy; King Sang Shun waved his sleeve to brush away the wind and sand. Looking up at the sky, he suddenly noticed a huge vortex appearing in the sky above the Artifact Refining Room.
The vortex seemed to be formed by a storm, raging unpredictably.
King Sang Shun’s eyes suddenly narrowed, his gaze filled with astonishment.
Soon enough, he felt that the entire Fusha City and even the entire West Continent’s sky gradually darkened.
"What’s happening?"
"Why did it suddenly go dark!"
Other members of the Sang Clan were also alarmed, and they all came out of their rooms. Even the residents of Fusha City and everyone in the West Continent were startled.
"Family Head! What’s going on?"
The Second Elder and Third Elder, along with some disciples, hurried over and inquired of King Sang Shun.
Obviously, they had seen the phenomenon above the Artifact Refining Room!
"Qingge is refining artifacts." King Sang Shun furrowed his brows, explaining with just one sentence.
"Refining artifacts? How could it cause such a big commotion?" the Second Elder exclaimed in surprise.
The Third Elder looked at the sky changing with the winds and clouds and sighed, "This is much louder than when the Divine Artifact was refined recently!"
These unintended words caused King Sang Shun’s eyes to widen, and a seemingly impossible suspicion rose in his heart.
Suddenly, a gigantic lightning bolt shot from the vortex in the sky, directly striking the roof of the Artifact Refining Room. Instantly, the entire sky was filled with a dense electric web, as if the end of the world had come.
"Ah——!"
The sudden lightning caused a chorus of cries.
However, just as the lightning was about to strike the roof, a straight beam of golden light shot out from the roof, directly confronting the lightning.
Crack——!
With a loud noise, the lightning hit the golden light; after entangling for a while, it was unexpectedly swallowed by it.
The golden light started trembling continuously, seemingly unsatisfied with that bolt of lightning.
Soon, three more bolts struck successively, all devoured by the golden light.
The Sang Clan, clan grounds.
Six Supreme Elders stood at the entrance of a closed retreat cave, gazing towards the direction of the lightning and thunder, each with a grim expression on their face.
"Eldest brother, is someone attempting to refine a Holy Artifact?" the Third Supreme Elder asked, his voice trembling.
How many years has it been? How many years has the Sang Clan been without a Holy Level Refiner?
The First Supreme Elder slowly nodded.
This made the other Supreme Elders become excited.
"It must be Mu Qingge, that girl. Apart from her, there isn’t anyone in the Sang Clan with such talent," the Third Supreme Elder excitedly asserted.
Meanwhile, in the Sang Family, sixteen bolts of lightning had already descended, all consumed entirely by the golden light.
It seemed almost like an illusion to the disciples of the Sang Clan standing on the ground, looking up, that they heard the golden light let out a ’satisfied burp’.
Suddenly, the thunder disappeared.
A strange, dazzling flame shot out from the depths of the vortex, directly landing on the golden light.
"What is this! Why is fire descending?" the Second Elder asked in shock.
King Sang Shun forced himself to suppress his excitement, calmly stating, "There are records in our ancestry. If someone successfully refines a Holy Artifact, in addition to Tribulation Thunder, three washes of Karmic Fire will descend to cleanse the Saint Artifacts of their slaughter."
Both the Second Elder and Third Elder heard these words and could not help but take a cold, deep breath.
The implication of these words is that... Mu Qingge was refining not the Divine Artifact they had presumed, but rather a Holy Artifact!
Heavens! She just advanced to Divine Level Refiner not long ago?
Now she is about to successfully refine a Holy Artifact; it seems to be reaching the final crucial moment.
If successful, she would become the only Holy Level Refiner in the Middle Ancient Realm, leaving no room for those who’ve refined weapons all their lives to compete!
Thinking of this, both the Second Elder and Third Elder gave looks of disdain to the disciples behind them.
Look at her, then look at these fellows!
At this moment, they both felt indescribably envious of King Sang Shun!